halp

[daf]

i have a 500GB usb hard disc that went kaput [windows 2k crashed and b0rked the FAT table]

now, i'm trying to reformat it, but can't get it to format at anything other than 127GB on win2k and 810GB on xp.

neither of these are right, so i am reluctant to attempt it. how can i make it format properly?

stupid fucking windows

Comments

[untermensch.livejournal.com]

Windows is gay. Burn yourself a Knoppix live CD or something and format it yourself using Linux's fdisk and mkfs tools, or try this handy utility which I have never used before but which seems decent

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

weirdly enough, i just tried the fat32format. it tried to format it at 871GB!!!

dunno how to use the linux fdisk/mkfs thing, is it easy?

[untermensch.livejournal.com]

That's pretty weeeeird.

The Linux approach is probably a bit too finicky to explain here. Lots can go wrong if you're not familiar with it :)

Maybe try partition magic then?

Make sure you've got AVG or some antivirus installed. I never trust torrented executables.

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

Ahh, but how compatible is it with games? If it can't do games then it doesn't do Giggidy in my books. ;)

[untermensch.livejournal.com]

We're talking about formatting a drive, not installing a new OS :P

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

Poo to you. :P

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

who cares? computer games are for teh lose.

i got friends, a bike and the outside world for when i wanna play games

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

My location forces me into cybersocialising. Most of the folks I play online with are all London Slimers (or ex-Slimers)

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

i thought your location forces you into strangling street workers ;]

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

Touché. Good riposte. :)

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

you set 'em up, an' i'll knock 'em down

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

XP needs SP2 in order to be able to see more than 125-130gb on a single drive. Make sure you have SP2 installed on the system you're using to format it. I just had the same headache with my 250gb hdd.

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

cheers mate, but not running xp - that was the work laptop.

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

Ahh, scuppered my otherwise flawless solution.

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

yeah, sorry dude... will only gonna get xp when micro$haft stop servicing it to force everyone onto vista, and only very begrudgingly then.

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

I've actually come to love XP (good grief, did I just say that?) as despite it falling over quite frequently it restarts (almost) back up every time. Turning it on and off again works a charm whereas other systems despite being more robust don't have the game support.

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

2000 hardly ever hangs on me. don't wanna change until i absolutely have to.

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! Win2k was an absolute lover! Hardly went wrong, did everything it needed to and well... except most modern games.

With my new PC I contemplated win2k instead of XP Pro(lapse), but then the drivers for my ubercard I heard were a bit shonky (which I thought were basically the same but allegedly not)

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

probably just a case of experimenter expectancy. don't listen to those nasty biased net nerds with their sponsorship from xp ;]